Rail joint



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Feb. 13, 1923..

l. L. EDWARDS.

RAIL JOINT.

FILED SEPT- 8, 1922.

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'application niet september e, ieee. semi no. usenet.

Be it yknown that ll, lean@ i siding at Aurora, lllinois, a citizen ofthe 4United States, have invented certain new and useful`llinproveinents" in llail Joints, et

`wliielithe following is a speciication.`

The object of my invention isto provide a rail joint which` willadequately support the ends of the railroad rails against downward`movement under the pressure of the wheels olf a passing train and tothiseiid Iiny inven` tion consistsjin any construction described by orincludedwithin the meaning or scope ott the appended claims.V

llnthe annexed drawings:

liig. l is a perspective `view ot a rail `joint "en'ibodying myinvention llig is a cross section.

Fig 3 is a verticali-section oiilthe `line 3-f3oil3`ig12. j 2 l ,p lemploy a bed plate, 10, which rests at its ends which are preferablytapering upon the cross ties 11, and upon it restthe ends et f adjoiningrails, l2,

"placed on each side o:l' the` rails, each tish l, plate `beingsubstantially `l shape "in cross il.. tish plate, 13, is

section with a vertical member that lies lagainst the side of the railextending from `the tlange to the under sideoi' the head and having ahorizontally extending member" which overlies the top `ot` the rail`flange and projects "beyond the edge thereoiiwhere it` of thebaseplate, l0,` saidrib thus providing( has a downwardly projecting flangeor lip,`

la, that overhangs and engages the side edge of the flange and reachestothe top of the base plate, l0, tit each end the horizontal member etthe fish plateisseated in a notch, l5, that is `torinedby avertical "lugor pro j ection, 16, on the edge et the base plate, 10,

and `at mid-length saidv member has a notch,

into whicheitends and tits a vertical lug, l 17, on the baseplate, l0,and thus sh plate l and base plate are interlocked in a way that thelish plate horizontal member acts as a brace between the lugs 16 tostillen thebase plate `10. l

The horizontal members ofjtheish plates are rigidly clan'iped at`inid-length by a clamping device that comprisesa horizontal bolt orbar, 18,1 which passes beneath the base plate,il0, and at oneend has anintegral linger, i9, which extends upward and thenceinward to thevertical` member of the fish plate` in contact with the upper side otthe adjacent horizontal member of such iish plate, and va linger, y20,that has a vvertical Vrectly' `beneath the joint, between the` railends, a point where great strength isnecee` shanlr with a slot, 2l,toreceive said bolt, 18,

and which at the top ot the shanlr extends engage vertical grooves,Qhin` the opposite sides oit said bolt or bar 18. llFhe bolt or bar,

Ill, passes through a slot, 24, in a longitudinally entending rib, 25,on the under side means to prevent the sidewise displacementl ot thebolt and itsclampingfingers and also adding strength to the base plate,l0, di-

sary in the base plate.

Vlheclamping linger, i9, by being extended upward f alongside of thefish plate constiaftutes a brace tosuppoit the li'sh plate and rainstrails at the joint between the `rails ab lateral thrust,I and saidlfinger is provided with a downwardly and outwardly' curved strut, 26,which helps to talre the strains falling upon thetinger.

Customaryn bolts and nuts,

27, l pass ,e5 a forked wedge, 22, whose legs respectively.

through the lish plates andthe railjweb and preferably each` side memberof :the tish plate has an extension, 28, with a bolt hole 29, for useshould it benecessary.

tlpilres may be driven intoties through slots or notches, Bl, in thebase plate near the ends of the horizoi'ital` members or.' the lish4plates so that the heads oi the spikes maj/'overlap the tops of thehorizontal niem- `bers oit the lish plate.

What `lclaiin is: l. A. rail `joint comprising a base plate,

passing beneath the base plate and having lingersthat entei'id'upwardtherefrom and overlap the fish plates on oppositesides of the rail,oneo't said lingers being integral with the bai' and the other madeseparate therefrom, means eomprisinga toi-hed member that entersrecessesin said bar and en* gages said separate finger on the outer`side,

2. l rail joint comprising a base plate, lishplates anda clampcomprising a bar passing beneath the base plate and having lingers thatentend upward therefromV and overla the fish plates on opposite sidesci* `fish plates and a clamp comprising a bar j i io the el; plaie :1tnnfl-lengtl'l 'thereon :x lull' pasenglf benenllh the base plate havingnl) opposti e ends fish plaie engaging nges :unl u rib on elle bollonlof the buse pluie lnwing :m opening tln'ol l1 wlseh Snnl lm' pms-feu.

ln testimony nhereof I hereunto :llx nn' Signaure.

lSAAG L. EDUTA RDS.

